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Going on social and disability assistance was humiliating and demeaning. As a professional, many of my clients were on disability assistance. Their fear and unease of applying and being on assistance was always prominent in m

A government position for a disability information officer position would regularly become vacant. When it did, the position would be advertised encouraging applicants with disabilities to apply. However, for this position, t

Before I became disabled, I was getting called in on a regular basis for interviews by an employer who had a general job applicant inventory.

One reason why I do not always give my references ahead of time for job interviews (unless asked) is because on 2 separate occasions that I know of, employers have phoned up a reference before even meeting me to ask if I had

There is still a long way to go in improving the type and level of program support in how persons with disabilities can be helped in employment. For example, many career practitioners who specialize in supporting people with

A good portion of people with disabilities have gone through enough workplace readiness/job search programs that they can probably teach them, and this was also true for me. I participated in a job finding club program for pe